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India Scraps Tender for 22 Attack Helicopters

NEW DELHI -- India has scrapped a tender estimated at up to $1 billion to buy 22 attack helicopters, the chief executive of the local unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. said Tuesday.

"We were informed earlier this month (by the Indian government), I think last week," Yves Guillaume told reporters on the sidelines of a news conference by Airbus, EADS's commercial plane manufacturing business.